USN-5736-2

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    USN-5736-2

    Published: 24 Nov 2022Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: imagemagick vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-5736-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ImageMagick. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 ESM and Ubuntu 22.04 ESM. One of the issues, CVE-2021-20224, only affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM, while CVE-2021-20245, CVE-2021-3574, CVE-2021-4219 and CVE-2022-1114 only affected Ubuntu 22.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing PDF files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20224) Zhang Xiaohui discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing image data. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20241) Zhang Xiaohui discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing image data. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20243) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20244) It was discovered that ImageMagick could be made to divide by zero when processing crafted files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20245) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when performing resampling operations. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20246) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20309) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing thumbnail image data. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20312) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory cleanup when performing certain cryptographic operations. Under certain conditions sensitive cryptographic information could be disclosed. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20313) It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file using the convert command, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-3574) It was discovered that ImageMagick did not use the correct rights when specifically excluded by a module policy. An attacker could use this issue to read and write certain restricted files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-39212) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing specially crafted SVG files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-4219) It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted DICOM file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-1114) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-28463) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-32545, CVE-2022-32546) It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-32547)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: imagemagick

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/imagemagick@8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4+esm1

    Affected versions

    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu3
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu8
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu9
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu10
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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